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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'Not allowed to break up the monotony',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
<img src="/img/CC_BY-SA_4.0/y.st./weblog/2019/06/04.jpg" alt="This sidewalk has been closed since the snowstorm this winter, and still hasn&apos;t been repaired." class="framed-centred-image" width="800" height="480"/>
<section id="diet">
	<h2>Dietary intake</h2>
	<p>
		For breakfast, I had 87 grams of cereal and 206 grams of soy milk.
		For lunch and dinner, I had two slices of banana French toast each.
		I ate too much today though.
		I also had 179 grams of pretzels, 22 grams of corn chips, and 86 grams of salsa.
		I think I was eating because I felt like garbage; I spent much of my travel time thinking about Summer, arguing with her in my head, and it was only after I started thinking about her that I started eating more than just my meals.
		If I hadn&apos;t thought about her, today would probably have been by far one of my better dieting days.
		Still, I should have better self-control than that.
		It shouldn&apos;t matter who or what I think about; I should be able to stop eating when I&apos;m not actually hungry.
	</p>
	<p>
		Last time I made banana French toast, it came out horribly.
		Don&apos;t get me wrong, it tasted fine, but it really wasn&apos;t presentable.
		And then, being in a rush, I forgot to photograph it for use on the recipe page I&apos;ll one day set up for it.
		So I had to make sure to make it again.
		Part of why it came out so badly was that I didn&apos;t know what I was doing.
		I&apos;d never made French toast before.
		Part of it was that I was in a hurry.
		I had to head out the door as soon as I was done cooking, and my cooking ran a bit too late.
		Part of it was that I didn&apos;t use a timer.
		The recipe said to cook the toast for about three minutes until golden brown, so I went with the &quot;until golden brown&quot; part of that instead of the &quot;about three minutes&quot; part.
		And finally, part of the problem was likely that I didn&apos;t oil my pan.
		The recipe said to oil the pan, but I don&apos;t tend to cook with oil.
		Almost every time, you can leave out the oil, and everything&apos;ll come out fine.
		It&apos;s healthier, and in my opinion, tastier.
		I still haven&apos;t managed to get all the black, burnt stuff off that frying pan though.
	</p>
	<p>
		So anyway, I tried again this time, using a timer and oiling the pan.
		It came out much more presentable.
		And this time, I remembered to photograph it.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="drawing">
	<h2>Drawing</h2>
	<p>
		I normally check the Tuesday drawing rather early in the day, so I have time to get to work later.
		I didn&apos;t have a shift this Tuesday though, so I changed my plans a bit.
		I put off the trip, instead getting a large section of my reading assignment done.
		Then I went to check on the drawing to get a break from studying before reading the rest.
		This strategy did not pay off.
		Normally, the store gives away food prizes that I can&apos;t eat anyway because they contain milk or meat or something.
		This time, they were giving away three dish towels to each winner.
		I won, but by the time I&apos;d gotten there, they&apos;d given away all the towels.
		As a consolation prize, they were giving winners who got there too late three candy bars that had milk in them.
		So I can&apos;t eat them.
		On the rare time I both won and the prize was something usable, I miss it.
		That&apos;s frustrating.
		I guess I can&apos;t use the drawing trip to break up monotony.
		I have to head in early.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			Okay, you make a good point there.
			But the problem isn&apos;t the setting up of the database then, which is still very easy to do when you have a local server, which was the point I was making.
			The problem then is the setting up of the server (server as in machine, not as in software running on said machine) itself.
			I can see why that&apos;d be a hassle.
			Even setting up my home server is a hassle, and I don&apos;t have anywhere near the requirements of a business.
			For a business to set up a local server might be deemed by said business to not be worth the effort.
			Thank you for clarifying.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
	<p>
		A couple days ago, my academic advisor wrote to me complaining about my proctor contact information.
		I wrote back asking how they wanted me to fix it, ans still haven&apos;t gotten a response.
		I put off setting up my testing appointment hoping to get the information fixed first, but now I&apos;m running out of time.
		So I wrote to the testing centre as I do ever term and tried to set up an appointment.
		They&apos;re now telling me not to make the appointment over email, but instead to do it via telephone.
		I responded reminding them that I don&apos;t have telephone service, and asked if there was any other way to set up the appointment, and even asked if I&apos;d need to come in in-person to do it.
		I got no response.
		And as I said, I&apos;m running out of time.
		So I guess that&apos;s what I&apos;ll be doing tomorrow: going in-person to make that appointment.
		The frustrating part is that I avoided returning redeemable bottles during today&apos;s errands so I&apos;d have something to do to get out of the apartment tomorrow and get some biking in.
		Now, I&apos;ve got two separate errands that both need to be done in two different cities.
		If I&apos;d known this was going to happen, I would&apos;ve returned the bottles today instead of artificially creating an extra trip.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="tomorrow">
	<h2>Tomorrow</h2>
	<p>
		I guess I have a lot to do tomorrow.
		First I&apos;ll check my email before heading out to the local university.
		If their testing centre has written back by the time I&apos;m ready to head out, it might change my plans.
		Otherwise, I need to bike over to Eugene and talk to them in person.
	</p>
	<p>
		After that, I should so some light studying and finish up my learning journal assignment.
		I&apos;ve got to write about the positive aspects of cloud computing.
		Like, the assignment specifically says I&apos;ve got to cover the positives, and doesn&apos;t even mention the negatives.
		That&apos;s okay though.
		I covered some pretty big negatives in the discussion assignment this week, which only asked us to discuss the implications of cloud computing without forcing us to paint it as positive or negative.
		Personally, I think cloud computing is a hazard in so many ways, so that&apos;s what I wrote about, and cited sources to back it.
		One of the sources I cited mentioned positive aspects too, so I&apos;ll just skim that article again and write about those aspects.
		I&apos;ve already written up a disclaimer saying that because the assignment was specifically to talk about positives, that my positive take on it shouldn&apos;t be taken as an endorsement, and that I actually think cloud computing causes more harm than good.
	</p>
	<p>
		With the final assignment done, and a day ahead of when it&apos;s due, I should go return the bottles I should have returned today.
		I would have returned them already, but as I said earlier, I wasn&apos;t expecting to have another errand thrust upon me.
		On my way to the bottle-redemption centre, I should pick up my pay cheque from work and get that deposited at the credit union.
	</p>
	<p>
		At some point tomorrow, I plan to make that Aztec salad again.
		It takes so much time to make, but it seems like the kind of thing that&apos;d be rather healthy and not overly high in calories.
		And it&apos;s quite delicious.
		It&apos;s not delicious enough to make up for the amount of time that goes into it, at least not with how busy I already am, but the girth loss is something I&apos;d like to see more of.
	</p>
	<p>
		Maybe, just maybe, if there&apos;s time after all that&apos;s done, I&apos;ll take a relaxing, well-deserved, scented bath.
		Or maybe I&apos;ll stress out about other things, and get work done that should probably wait for another day.
		I&apos;ve got at least two sets of paperwork I need to deal with and get mailed.
		I&apos;ve scheduled those for Saturday and Sunday, but I might do them tomorrow instead.
		Or maybe I&apos;ll work on the <code>contact_admin</code> mod some more.
		I cant&apos; get the server set up until I have that done.
	</p>
</section>
END
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